news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada after. chunks of racial. nine pm moscow time tonight israel says it's pressing ahead with plans to build six thousand more settler homes in the west bank and east jerusalem following the palestinians u.n. upgrade we talk about that soon tonight also headlining. time magazine chooses u.s. president barack obama as twenty twelve person of the year beating his egyptian counterpart in apple's c.e.o. we get reaction to that. also lawmakers in moscow get preliminary approval to batting americans from adopting russian children it's in response to washington so-called magnitsky act sanctioned russian officials.

if you just joined us a very good evening to its kevin owen here at the new center tonight and first israel says it will continue with plans to develop six thousand more settler homes in the west bank and east jerusalem despite international condemnation the settlement expansion seen is illegal under international law follows the palestinians upgraded the un not his pull asleep as the latest television. israeli officials say that they're pressing on with plans to build six thousand new homes this defies criticism from western powers who fear that the move will hamper an already famed hopes for a peace deal between israelis and palestinians here remember that it was just last month after the coup de facto recognition of palestinian sovereignty at the united

nations that israel made its new announcement in terms of settlement building it said that it would expand settlements in the occupied west bank as well as in east jerusalem and at that time there was international unquiet the point needs to be made that israel continues to build in i said defiance of international law and as well as of united nations resolutions so i think critics are pointing out that is also assertiveness with settlements is part of the reason why it's becoming increasingly isolated by its partners primarily in europe but that's not to say that washington is also not losing patience the united states has said that it is deeply disappointed by israeli construction plans in an unpredictable sharp reaction the obama administration has softened the criticism of israel saying that these construction plans run counter to peace the point also needs to be made that next month generally is already holding parliamentary elections which is why many

are suggesting that these a nonsmoker by the prime minister netanyahu are a means of trying to garner up domestic support as well as change the reality on the ground one of the options that myth and yahweh and like minded people. creating a situation world by the amount of surface you satisfy if you want this is this you from. all the little get to the borders and let the settlers remain there are the police to stay rather than evacuate them to new areas which will be next to israel most of the international community see the settlement construction by television as illegal certainly the palestinians see it as a real obstacle to creating a viable capital in east jerusalem course the r.t. tell of a. us president barack obama's been chosen by time magazine's person of the year

twenty twelve seven other contenders among them is egyptian counterpart mohamed morsi also a pakistani women's rights activist and apple c.e.o. tim cook north korea's kim jong un who won the magazine's online poll for the most influential people didn't get it to the list though a school out of washington correspondent got it if you can pick this apart a big on a high that time magazine indorsing president obama them for a second time. well yes kevin it definitely looks like the time magazine's declaration of love for president obama there choosing him as a person of the year second time in a row first time they gave him the award right after the two thousand and eight election as to someone who had the most influence on global affairs although at that time he hadn't really had that tired to exercise all that influence but then president obama also received the nobel peace prize in two thousand and nine shortly after his election although again at that point he hadn't made much p.c.

in the world the award was seen as more of an advance credit than an acknowledgment of actual achievements on the peace front later president obama went on to spend credit surging the troops in afghanistan and carrying out regime change in libya under the arguable banner war for the sake of peace as far as the time magazine they've always seen system that the title person of the year doesn't mean an endorsement on their part but in the case of president obama it very much looks like an endorsement the magazine calls president obama a cultural so a cultural figure at the symbol and in some ways the architect of a new america and they had a poll on their website and guess what the new leader of north korea came emerged on top of that list at the time magazine apparently north the choice of their readers hinting that the web site may have been hacked the readers shortly is also included mohamed morsi bashar al assad and jon stewart by the way the comedian came

second after the north korean leader time editors have the final say on who makes it to those shortlist of the person of the year and their short list included also included the egyptian leader mohammed morsi and a pakistani girl malala yousafzai who was shot by the taliban for four advocating for women's education but the title went to president obama as critics argue the times choice by default. diana thanks for that. russia's state duma has given its preliminary approval to a ban on americans adopting russian children as part of a draft law is seen as a response to the so-called magnitsky act a list of russians under sanctions by washington but the bills drawn both support and criticism from lawmakers causing a rift in the russian political elite can offer a poor. it's really not clear at the moment if this draft in its current form will

indeed become i'm acting more because this issue really has split russia's political elite we have heard from several ministers including the foreign minister spoke against introducing its prime minister to me through the lead of hasn't openly supported it but he did talk about the need to focus on the moving living conditions for children without parents now here in russia the president's spokesman has said that so due to the evidence and the russian rhetoric coming from some members of the international community the emotions or for the deputies and some of them are showing quite a hard line approach these emotions are understood in the kremlin but at the same time the spokesman said that the kremlin's approach to this will be more reserved just a reminder siggy mcneice to the russian border of what for foreign investment fund claims to have revealed a huge money laundering scheme allegedly moving russian officials he himself was

a suspected of large scale tax evasion with died in prison before the court could make a decision on his case if he's seen by many in the west or especially in the united states is a victim of various human rights violations then just recently american lawmakers passed the so-called magnitsky act which gives way for sanctioning russian officials who are suspected of being connected to violation of human rights but since it's not clear on what grounds this blacklist is going to be put together and we know that some of its forces are going to be classified here in moscow this act is seen as a derogatory and to russian war and russian lawmakers have been working on what they say will be a portion of why adoption really has been a huge stumbling block in the relations between moscow and washington to be so many cases of abuse and sometimes even death. russian children after they were adopted

by americans and brought to the united states for instance the story of twenty one months. before died after his adoptive father left him in a walk score on a farm the other case why the american adoptive mother for a child we want to play in back to russia only some underwear in the north all of this has been causing outrage here in russia not only the case of themselves but your lack of a proper reaction from america foodies to prevent them from reoccurring including heavy chill sentences. going off this is r t live from the r t new center tonight coming up the world's top whistleblower prepares to deliver a christmas address during his son should have been ensconced in the altar that could or an embassy in london for six months but he's been. what is christmas message could be shortly. russia's soyuz rocket last softball but for the baikonur

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despite having been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for six months julian assange hasn't been idle he hasn't let up on his wiki leaks work and has even published a book and on thursday the whistleblower set to announce his plans for twenty thirteen as he prepares to deliver a christmas address at the center for a pause. it's been six months to the day since julian a son's thought refuge behind the doors of the ecuadorian embassy it was a bid to avoid extradition to sweden where he's wanted for sexual assault

allegations that he continues to refuse to travel to sweden because if it will be extradited to the u.s. america investigating the wiki leaks website for publishing documents including dossier on the wars in iraq and afghanistan now despite having twenty four hour round the clock action it's been a busy six months to t.v. and if we've had him publish a book we seem concerns over his health we seem to live in a sound addressing world leaders as well as giving a number of personal exclusive interview to see and of course we've had the ongoing process victories in support of both julian assange and the wiki leaks website but in the next couple of days judy the sun is expected to give a christmas address normally the territory of mourning but in this case julian assange would be summing up his own going predicament and outlining his plans for the year ahead now what is that to come remains relatively unknown in the dramas

unfolding over the last six months so you can be pretty sure it will be predictable it's a little rehearsed a lot of the moment that we would see twenty thirty in a song's running for the australian senate and forming his own wiki leaks political party well those will be the next steps and of course r.t. is going to be there every step of the way taking you through this ongoing story we really did so watch this space. greece has grown a hole with public sector workers walking out of their jobs in a twenty four hour nationwide strike aimed at putting pressure on the government over tough cuts recent good news such as the latest tranche of bailout cash and other decision by ratings agency standard and poor's to raise the country's credit rating as a little to dissipate public anger crisis strategies gonzalo lira told us neither piece of news is of tangible benefit to the struggling population. the fact that the ratings agencies you have a higher rating to be green bombs and yet those must indicate what's happened to

that right now the international community b i and that's the e.c.b. and you see have two wars austerity which makes investors happy but of course makes the people angry and soon to see this strike going on and people a lot of people get very upset in greece while the best community is relatively happy because you know there is more greater safeguards that their money is going to be returned to them in the form of bonds so i think that you going to continue to see this is exactly where you'll go up and the people are happier but the investor community is less happy and then you're going to have a swerves to the right where you have more austerity making people more angry and more riots and more protests and more strikes and yet investors feeling more secure . in the bonds of a buying greeks even money this crisis is far from over the europeans have yet to solve the basic problem that the european. countries are insolvent based simply do

not have the money to pay back all the money that they have borrowed and because of that fact which is incontrovertibly we are going to come to a day of reckoning of some point the issue becomes when is that day going to happen and how far will the european europe perhaps even to kick the can down growth. momentum public anger in the e.u. is rising with nearly a quarter of europeans at risk of sliding into poverty and becoming socially excluded blocks mines to just exegesis says the figures risen to twenty four percent for twenty eleven up from just over twenty three percent the year before peter all of the reports now on how this deteriorations affecting the real. around one hundred and twenty million e.u. citizens all right risk for falling below the poverty line now in response to the measures that are being taken to try and halt the european union and the euro zone in particular as economic downturn we've seen violent demonstrations in countries

like greece where we're seeing clashes with police and also strikes across the country also in spain and as well elsewhere across the union now these on what we have seen though these aren't just students so activists that are being demonstrating against the cuts that have been implemented upon them but people from all across society as not just the people are starting to show that they this summit is fine with the way things are going the politicians have already started the finger pointing of just who used to. scold me in italy saying that well he's going to run again city the leader of the country and he's pointed a finger squarely towards germany where i am right now saying that it's up to berlin to recognize the european central bank as a real central bank in his words otherwise well countries like italy are going to have to pull out of the euro zone in fact well there are those here in germany that

would say that it's germany that has to pull out of the year is this going on as we look towards twenty thirteen and that difficult task of trying to solve the eurozone and the european union's crippling financial problems. the stories we're talking about tonight said independent panel has concluded its investigation into september's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi the claim systematic failure to take the problem of behind the security breaches findings backed by secretary of state hillary clinton so you want to read up more on that someone from us r.t. dot com also lives well french actor gerard depardieu could be moving to russia maybe saying be your country's president vladimir putin sent in a russian africa decided to renounce his citizenship in search of a better financial future. wealthy british style. that's what i'd like.

market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. little beasts in which brightened. all about song from funniest impressions. start on t.v. dot com. briefer twenty one nineteen moscow time in pakistan three more polio vaccination workers

have been killed in separate gun attacks it brings the death toll in total to eight since monday's launch of the un medical campaign there are contradicting reports about who was behind the yourselves but the taliban's previously threatened workers describing them as u.s. agents following the violence the united nations pulled all stuff involved in the administration campaign off the streets pakistan remains one of three countries in the world where polio is still endemic. french judges have decided to press ahead with pimping charges against former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn the sixty three year old allegedly took part in sex parties of those he denies knowing some of the women present who were prostitutes straus card says the authorities are trying to criminalize the last this is not the first such scandal the ex finance chiefs been embroiled in last week you reached a settlement from unknown some with a hotel maid who agreed to drop a previous accusations of sexual assault. news about venezuelan president hugo

chavez she's got a respiratory infection caught during the recent cancer surgery he underwent it happened in cuba that operation before the treatment he spoke for the first time of his successor appointing current prime minister madeira as his replacement should anything happen to him it comes of the a few months after he was reelected as head of state in a tight vote despite problems with his health an inaugural ceremony is planned for the tenth of june so. supporters of russian football champions in it some petersburg say they only want white and no one gave players in their squad the shocking letter to the club's management comes as russia gears up to host the biggest international football tournament on the planet the twenty eighteen world cup the team's largest fan club stressing that their demands are about respecting longstanding traditions and not about discrimination they say art is richard brown portly takes an in-depth look at the provocative development. i don't want any

african players black players or latin american players and to be honest i'm going that's an absolute joke i mean fans i think forget probably best player was born in venezuela which is latin america danny is probably the best russian borders come into play in the russian premier league over the last ten years or so and france is a bear manifesto was correct. it was to be submitted. but this player i mean they also say that they want to give preference to homegrown players russian based players often every team in the world would want to do that because it would be much cheaper but the fact is. russia don't produce enough good players i mean even brazil or even top mentions like argentina where you have to import players it's common knowledge and mentioned i did real madrid they don't have players from just romantic story madrid import because this is where the focus has grown and has developed i think what the problem is there's a group of around one hundred two hundred hard calls in it and spoke fans who are racist and you get this around the world you'll get this in the u.k.

you get this in italy you get this in germany you just can't change them for education for whatever they will say the same the problem is you have a few thousand teenagers who go on to the matches and they don't know what they're doing so they copy what these. races fans are doing and what the club needs to do is try to educate bees teenagers. the clubs the russian premier league the russian football union they need to get special players involved because teenagers will look up to these players and try and get its and the racism campaigns going. in the latest cruise blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan a russian flight engineers among the three members on board the i assess team gearing up for a busy five months in space now ahead of them they are set to carry out more than one hundred scientific experiments and go for a couple of space walks to will be well tom was there to witness the takeoff. here at a bitterly cold baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan we're counting down to the launch

of the soyuz rocket which will take three men on their student to the international space station chris hadfield thomas marshburn andrew man and woman in co are the three crew who have been preparing for this moment an issue for four years now and throughout their careers they're going to be up there for months a lot of hard work to do letters stand back and watch the culmination of all the efforts go into this launch that. the crew now face months of work up on the international space station thomas marshburn himself is a trained doctor and he'll be conducting many experiments among them examining the effects of weightlessness on the human body have also experiments up there looking at medical technology arms on the i assess and a number of space walks to help conduct maintenance on that orbital space station

it's been a difficult to years for the russian space agency there have been a number of accidents with various spacecraft in the past couple of years including a supply rocket that fell back to earth and a mission to examine one of the martian moons that next to atmosphere there have been changes at the top levels of management of ross cosmos and they'll be some organizational changes to try and improve their records and must be said none none of those errors happening with manned missions all of those. including this one having gone well it without any and you hitches it with these three three crew on the way out to the international space station they'll be docking there in a couple of days' time and there they will start their stint representing humanity and their countries on the international space station. and a fine job we'll do to wish him all the best is coming out here live at the our

news complex tonight thank you for being with us you are just a few minutes away tonight from the latest financial from washington d.c. our studios there waiting in the way. the ride that takes your breath away through eating across the skies over the monish who do know the biggest salt lake in europe and more than two hundred species of birds but also it is them are on the verge of extinction and these islands in the south of russia they find shelter before migrating to other parts of the world as well as other species of the monish who do low feed and face these

worries are waiting for their parents to bring them food to the best cash for them is in a small area of the lake with the water is relatively fresh his fish cannot survive in the salty a part of the money and the lakes getting salty every year the monish with the lows and all too fishel reservoir which was spilled in the nineteen fifties in the areas hot climate the water evaporates quickly and the local saw as natural sultanas takes over a power from birds to the drying out of the lake also sparking one of the world's biggest populations of mustangs. there more than four hundred of the animals here theories are protected wildlife reserve it's a place of serene peace and calm in recent decades dozens of canals have been dug around here to cultivate the locals taps broad grassy plains this may be useful for humans but it is bad. many species of the animals here for instance so i get

antelopes just some forty years ago there were more than two million so i go into loops living in asia and the real world in the world now people brought the species to the brink of extinction this region is be reaching full stop. but now we know relatively short space of time it's valuable diversity of creatures is threatened. by man and nature. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in leicester here in washington d.c. these are headlines for tuesday december eighteenth two thousand and one japanese pension funds are starting to invest in gold for the first time according to the wall street journal they're looking to mitigate the damage. risks associated with currencies the paper says until recently they've invested in mostly domestic stocks

and bonds will have more on metals with the gold antitrust action committees bill murphy and chris powell here in studio plus the f.c.c. has approved a j.p. morgan copper exchange traded fund reportedly the first one it's backed by physical copper and received the go ahead despite opposition from companies that actually use copper and some lawmakers who opposed it too now the concerns are that it could allow speculators says the market increase price volatility and undermine price transparent bill metal. the new towns judy.